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P. L. AWEIMER, OF LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA.

' Leners Pam'No. 70,302, dared october 29,1867. i

IMPROVED DOOR-STOP.

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Be it known that I, P. L. WEIMER, of Lebanon, Lebanon county, Pennsylvania, have invented a new and improved Door-Stop; :ind I do hereby declare that the following is a fnll, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled iu the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in doorsstop, and 'consists of a weighted figure, (as oi" a man cartying a basket,) having a side projection to one foot, which is placed under the door, and wedged in the required Y pDSition by the falling back of the weighted figure. The door may be further prevented from falling forward by the body of the figure and the other leg, and from falling backwards by the free arm of the figure, which carries a cross-piece, end .is held in a strap' stretched partly across the door, in which strap it is free to move.

The accompanying drawing represents a front view of my improved door-fastener.

A is the door, 'B the weighted figure, C the leg, bearing the projection c, which isplaoed under the door to be acted upon, whereupon the weight of the gure B tilts the projection c, and wedges the door the body B end leg D assisting to prevent the door from falling forward, while the free arm E, carrying the crossrpie'ce e, and held in the strap F, assists the projection c in holding the door from falling backward. The atrap' may be dispensed with, in which case the door is held in place by the projection c, 'wedging it by the action of the weightedbody B. Any arrangement of a. bent lever having a flattened projection, c, at the end. of onderin, to pass under the door, the other arm being suiiiciently heavy or weighted to tilt and wedge the projection fin place, will secure the same result. l

Having thus described my'inv'ention, what I claire as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of a bent lever having a. flattened projection, c, at the end of one arm, to pass under the door, the .other arm being weighted, so as to tilt the projection c and wedge it in place.

The above speciiication'of my invention signed by me this the 11th day of Merch, 1867.

P. L. WEIMER.

Witnesses:

GEO. W Tono,

B. F. BRIGHT. 

